Brush-handle



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0. DONAGHY.

BRUSH HANDLE.

Patenteq Nov. 10, 1885.

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UNTTE STATES CHARLES DONAGHY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BF iUSH-HANDLE.

EPECIFICATZON forming par. of Letters Patent No. 330,005, dated November 10, 1885.

Application filed August 11, 1884. Serial No. 140,512.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES DONAGHY, of the city and county of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Handles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to handles for brushes, tools, 8m; and it consists iii certain improvements whereby the handle is detachably secured to the article to be held, all of which is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, which form part thereof, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

The object of my invention is to provide a suitable handle for whitewash and otherbrushes, tool-handles, &c., which shall be readily secured and detached therefrom, as desired, at the same time forming a most rigid and durable connection.

The state of the art may be briefly stated as follows: Brush and broom handles were made in sections and detachably secured together and also to the brush-for instance, in the patent to Mueller, No. 259,901, is shown a construction for attaching the handle to a car-' pet-sweeper, in which the iron holding the sweeper proper is provided with several spurs which are forced into the bottom of the wooden handle to prevent it from turning, and said handle is then secured in place byan ordinary wood-screw passing through the iron into the handle. In the patent to Light, No. 159,105, is shown a jointed brushhandle, the two parts being secured in line and attached by a double socket-piece provided with screws upon which the wooden sections of the handle are screwed. In the patent to Herr, No. 53,923, is shown a fountain-brush, in which a tubular handle forms a reservoir, and a brush-carrying section is drawn up into said handle by a screw, insuring the positive flow of liquid to the brush; but in no sense is this a positive connection, such as contemplated in my construction. All of these devices,while more or less similar in some respects, are very different in specific construction from that sought to be claimed in this application, one of the essential features of my construction being the metal socket-piece E when forced down into the end of the wooden handle, the lower end of which is inclosed in a metal ferrule, and

(No model) the screw D, which is secured to the brush or other article to be held, made to screw into the metal socket-piece E, and not into the perishable wood.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a handleand brush complete embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the connection between the handle proper and brush-support. Fig. 3 is a similar section of the coupling for uniting two sections of the handle. Fig. 4 is a front ele vation of one form of metal frame to which the brush is secured. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of another form of same, and Fig. 6 is a side elevation showing my invention as applied to a soldering-iron.

A is the main handle, and A are the sections, of which there may be any number desired. The upper end of handle A is fitted witha screw-threaded socket-piece, E, driven down into a hole,or otherwise secured therein. The lower end of the next section, A, is provided with a double-cupshaped piece, 0, having the cups 0 pointing in opposite directions from the diaphragm 0 One of these cups 0 fits over the end of the wooden section A, and may be secured thereto by a nail, pin, or screw, 0. Driven or screwed into the said lower end of the section A is the screw-stud D. To couple the sections A and A it is simply necessary to screw the stud D into the metallic socket-piece E in the end of handle A until the end is received in the cup 0 and is brought up against the diaphragm O. The interior faces of cups 0 should be slightly tapered, so that the ends of the sections A A shall fit tightly therein. This coupling B is very rigid and strong, does not admit of splitting or injury to the wood, and is readily coupled and uncoupled as desired.

F is a plate to which the brush G is secured, and is provided with an obliquely and upwardly extending screw threaded stud, D, preferably formed of a wrought-iron rod cast in the plate F, the metal thereof forming an oblique seat, f, from which said stud projects. The lower end of the handle A has driven into it a screw-threaded socket-piece, E, for the reception of stud D, which. socket-piece is similar to that shown in the coupling B. The

end is also inclosed by a ferrule or cup-shaped piece, the cup 0 and end 0* thereof belng IOO similar to that shown at 0, except that it is made single instead of double, and the part 0 prevents the socketpiece E being withdrawn, for it Wedges in the lower part of the wooden handle, causing it to tightly grip the socket-piece, and the screw 0 holds the ferrule firm and prevents any possibility of the socket-piece being pulled out. This ferrule has a hole in its end sufficiently large to pass over the stud D, and if desired it may be cast solid with the socket-piece E. The handle is therefore readily connected to or discon nected from the brush and its plate F by screwing the handle upon the-stud D, as shown, and the stud and socketpiece being long, great strength and durability result, and the connection in appearance is ornamental.

The plate Fis used when the brush is to be placed at an angle to the handle; but when it is to be placed parallel therewith then a plate such as shown at F in Fig. 5 may be used.

Any form of plate may be used, dependent upon the article or object to be held, and if desired the plate may be dispensed with and the stud D connect directly with the object to be held, such as in the case of the soldering-iron, illustrated in Fig. 6, or other tool.

Having now described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The iron holding-plate F, having a screwthreaded stud, D, and a shoulder, f, in combination with a handle, A, having a metallic screw-threaded socket-piece, E, in its end, the same being driven into ahole made to receive it, and adapted to receive the screwstud D, and a metallic ferrule, 0 having the part 0 fitting over the end of the handle, holding the socket-piece E in place and forming a face to jam against the face f, substantially as shown and for the purpose specified.

In testimony of which invention I hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES DONAGHY.

Witnesses:

R. M. HUNTER, FRANCIS S. BROWN. 

